Patch 2.5 Quest Notes

[Andromeda]

Like with any of the major patches coming out for FFXIV, there is just too much to cover in a single post. So the content will be broken up into more manageable pieces and you can read what you want. This will cover all of the quest related content. So all of the main story, Hildibrand, dungeons, World of Darkness, etc.

New main scenario quests have been added.

Quest	Required Level and Location
Good Intentions	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
The Rising Stones (X:6 Y:5) NPC: Minfilia
Players must first complete the main scenario quest "Let Us Cling Together," and have completed The Bowl of Embers (Hard), The Navel (Hard), and The Howling Eye (Hard).
Bait and Switch	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
Eastern Thanalan (X:21 Y:21) NPC: Ilberd
Players must first complete the main scenario quest "Good Intentions."
Best Laid Schemes	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
Eastern Thanalan (X:25 Y:25) NPC: Ilberd
Players must first complete the main scenario quest "Bait and Switch."
The Rising Chorus	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
The Rising Stones (X:6 Y:5) NPC: Tataru
Players must first complete the main scenario quest "Best Laid Schemes."
Aether on Demand	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
The Rising Stones (X:6 Y:6) NPC: Alphinaud
Players must first complete the main scenario quest "The Rising Chorus."
On the Counteroffensive	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
Northern Thanalan (X:20 Y:22) NPC: Edelstein
Players must first complete the main scenario quest "Aether on Demand."
???	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
Northern Thanalan (X:20 Y:22) NPC: Edelstein
Players must first complete the main scenario quest "On the Counteroffensive."
???	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
The Rising Stones (X:6 Y:5) NPC: Minfilia
???

New Chronicles of a New Era quests have been added.

Quest	Required Level and Location
The World of Darkness	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
Mor Dhona (X:30 Y:12) NPC: Rammbroes
Players must first complete the quest "Syrcus Tower."
The Light of Hope	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
Mor Dhona (X:30 Y:12) NPC: Rammbroes
Players must first complete the quest "The World of Darkness."
But I Hardly Noah	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
Mor Dhona (X:30 Y:12) NPC: Syele
Players must first complete the quest "The Light of Hope."
The Gift of the Archmagus	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
Mor Dhona (X:21 Y:8) NPC: Koh Rabntah
Players must first complete the quest "But I Hardly Noah."
Fear and Odin in the Shroud	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
New Gridania (X:9 Y:11) NPC: Scarlet
Players must first complete the main scenario quest "The Ultimate Weapon," and have also completed the quest "All You Wanted to Know about Odin."

New Side Story quests have been added.

Hildibrand

Quest	Required Level and Location
Shades of Sil'dih	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
Ul'dah – Steps of Thal (X:9 Y:11) NPC: Ellie
Players must first complete the quest "The Coliseum Conundrum."
Sibling Strife	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
Western Thanalan (X:28 Y:24) NPC: Hildibrand
Players must first complete the quest "Shades of Sil'dih."
Beneath the Mask	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
Ul'dah – Steps of Thal, Hustings Strip (X:12 Y:11) NPC: Hildibrand
Players must first complete the quest "Sibling Strife."
Truths Untold	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
Ul’dah – Steps of Thal, Hustings Strip (X:12 Y:11) NPC: Hyuran Woman
Players must first complete the quest "Beneath the Mask."
Her Last Vow	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
Ul’dah – Steps of Thal, Hustings Strip (X:12 Y:11) NPC: Julyan
Players must first complete the quest "Truths Untold."

Delivery Moogle

Quest	Required Level and Location
Thanks For Your Support	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
Limsa Lominsa – Lower Decks (X:10 Y:11) NPC: Deputy Postmoogle
Carrier level 18
Hostages to Fortune	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
Limsa Lominsa – Lower Decks (X:10 Y:11) NPC: Deputy Postmoogle
Carrier level 18

New side quests have been added.

Quest	Required Level and Location
A Legend for a Legend	Level 1
Mor Dhona (X:21 Y:8) NPC: Wandering Minstrel
Players must have obtained the Aithon, Xanthos, Gullfaxi, Enbarr, Markab, and Boreas mounts.

The Wanderer’s Palace (Hard)

Quest	Required Level and Location
Not Easy Being Green	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
Mor Dhona (X:22 Y:8) NPC: Bloezoeng
Players must first complete the main scenario quest "The Ultimate Weapon," and have cleared the original Wanderer's Palace.

Amdapor Keep (Hard)

Quest	Required Level and Location
For Keep's Sake	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
Mor Dhona (X:22 Y:8) NPC: Lauriane
Players must first complete the main scenario quest "The Ultimate Weapon," and have cleared the original Amdapor Keep.

Upon completing the quest "Just Tooling Around," players can inquire about master crafting tomes and tools by speaking with Guiding Star in Mor Dhona at Revenant’s Toll (X:22 Y:6).

Additional rewards have been added to the following Ixal daily quests:

West for Fishing / Your Gil's No Good Here / Mining for Compliments / A High Wind in Ishgard / Bring Your Own Ectoplasm / In Case of Emergency / We Fly High (Squawkin') / Deliverance

The difficulty of crafting isolator components and auxiliary aerodynamo components in daily beast tribe quests has been reduced.

Levequests

New rewards have been added to level 45 crafting and gathering guildleves.

* These rewards are items that aid in the acquisition of newly added crafting and gathering equipment.

Abandoning a levequest after completing it at least once will refresh the available rewards.

In accordance with this change, the amount of shards obtained from certain tradecraft leves has been increased.


New dungeons have been added.

The Keeper of the Lake

Level Requirement	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
Item Level Requirement	Average item level 90 or above
Party Size	Four players
Time Limit	90 minutes

Entry Requirements

Quest	The Rising Chorus
Required Level	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
Location	The Rising Stones (X:6 Y:5) NPC: Tataru
Prerequisites	Players must first complete the main scenario quest "Best Laid Schemes."

The Wanderer’s Palace (Hard)

Level Requirement	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
Item Level Requirement	Average item level 90 or above
Party Size	Four players
Time Limit	90 minutes

Entry Requirements

Quest	Not Easy Being Green
Required Level	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
Location	Mor Dhona (X:22 Y:8) NPC: Bloezoeng
Prerequisites	Players must first complete the main scenario quest "The Ultimate Weapon," and have cleared the original Wanderer's Palace.

Amdapor Keep (Hard)

Level Requirement	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
Item Level Requirement	Average item level 90 or above
Party Size	Four players
Time Limit	90 minutes

Entry Requirements

Quest	For Keep's Sake
Required Level	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
Location	Mor Dhona (X:22 Y:8) NPC: Lauriane
Prerequisites	Players must first complete the main scenario quest "The Ultimate Weapon," and have cleared the original Amdapor Keep.

New trials have been added.

Urth’s Fount

Level Requirement	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
Item Level Requirement	Average item level 95 or above
Party Size	Eight players
Time Limit	60 minutes

Entry Requirements

Quest	Fear and Odin in the Shroud
Required Level	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
Location	New Gridania (X:9 Y:11) NPC: Scarlet
Prerequisites	Players must first complete the main scenario quest "The Ultimate Weapon," and have also completed the quest "All You Wanted to Know about Odin."

Battle in the Big Keep

Level Requirement	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
Item Level Requirement	Average item level 90 or above
Party Size	Eight players
Time Limit	60 minutes

Entry Requirements

Quest	Her Last Vow
Required Level	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
Location	Ul'dah – Steps of Thal (X:12 Y:11) NPC: Julyan
Prerequisites	Players must first complete the quest "Truths Untold."

???

Level Requirement	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
Item Level Requirement	Average item level 90 or above
Party Size	Eight players
Time Limit	60 minutes

Entry Requirements

Quest	???
Required Level	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
Location	Northern Thanalan (X:20 Y:22) NPC: Edelstein
Prerequisites	Players must first complete the main scenario quest "On the Counteroffensive."

The World of Darkness, the next raid of the Crystal Tower arc, has been added.

Level Requirement	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
Item Level Requirement	Average item level 90 or above
Party Size	24 players (three parties of eight)
Time Limit	120 minutes

Entry Requirements

Quest	The World of Darkness
Required Level	Disciple of War or Magic level 50
Location	Mor Dhona (X:30 Y:12) NPC: Rammbroes
Prerequisites	Players must first complete the quest "Syrcus Tower."

Party Role Requirements

Parties matched automatically via the Duty Finder will comprise 1 tank, 2 healers, and 5 DPS. Parties formed prior to registration must also meet these role requirements.

Rewards in the World of Darkness



You can receive only one reward item per week for completing duties in the World of Darkness. In the event you are awarded an item from the loot list, you relinquish your right to vie for all remaining items regardless of whether you selected Need or Greed. If time expires and a reward item is obtained automatically, this will also count toward the weekly limit.
* Reward eligibility is reset every Tuesday at 12:00 a.m. (PST).

Each party in the alliance will receive its own treasure coffer, the contents of which will have the same possible rewards regardless of the route taken.
* Players cannot open a treasure coffer belonging to another party.


Players can now obtain an Allagan catalyst from the Labyrinth of the Ancients and Syrcus Tower.

Labyrinth of the Ancients

The treasure coffer that appears upon defeating Phlegethon.
Syrcus Tower

The treasure coffer that appears upon defeating Amon.


Upon completing one of the following duties, all party members will receive additional Allagan tomestones of soldiery if one or more party members are completing the instance for the first time:

Category	Duty	Adjustments
Dungeon	The Sunken Temple of Qarn (Hard)	70
Snowcloak	70
Sastasha (Hard)	70
Trials	Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Hard)	75
Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Extreme)	100
The Dragon's Neck	75
Raids	The Final Coil of Bahamut - Turn 1	100
The Final Coil of Bahamut - Turn 2	100
The Final Coil of Bahamut - Turn 3	100
The Final Coil of Bahamut - Turn 4	100

The number of Allagan tomestones received from dungeons and trials has been adjusted.

The following duties, trials, and raids have been added to the Duty Finder.

Duty Roulette

Duty Roulette: Frontline

Dungeons

Amdapor Keep (Hard)
The Wanderer's Palace (Hard)
The Keeper of the Lake

Trials

Urth's Fount
Battle in the Big Keep
???

Raids

The World of Darkness

PvP

The Borderland Ruins (Slaughter)


The confirmation window displayed after being matched via the Duty Finder can now be saved, or displayed in a notification window.


When using a gamepad, the default selection is Wait.


In order to prevent players from unintentionally withdrawing from duties when matched via the Duty Finder, a confirmation window will now be displayed when selecting Withdraw.

A confirmation window will now be displayed when summoning a chocobo companion while registered for duties via the Duty Finder.

The duties listed in the Duty Finder have been reorganized as follows:

	Before	After
Duty Roulette: Expert	Snowcloak Sastasha (Hard) The Sunken Temple of Qarn (Hard)	The Keeper of the Lake The Wanderer's Palace (Hard) Amdapor Keep (Hard)
Duty Roulette: High Level	The Wanderer's Palace Amdapor Keep Pharos Sirius Copperbell Mines (Hard) Haukke Manor (Hard) The Lost City of Amdapor Halatali (Hard) Brayflox's Longstop (Hard) Hullbreaker Isle The Tam-Tara Deepcroft (Hard) The Stone Vigil (Hard)	The Wanderer's Palace Amdapor Keep Pharos Sirius Copperbell Mines (Hard) Haukke Manor (Hard) The Lost City of Amdapor Halatali (Hard) Brayflox's Longstop (Hard) Hullbreaker Isle The Tam-Tara Deepcroft (Hard) The Stone Vigil (Hard) Snowcloak Sastasha (Hard) The Sunken Temple of Qarn (Hard)
Duty Roulette: Trials	Cape Westwind A Relic Reborn: The Chimera A Relic Reborn: The Hydra Battle on the Big Bridge The Dragon's Neck The Bowl of Embers (Hard) The Howling Eye (Hard) The Navel (Hard) Thornmarch (Hard) The Whorleater (Hard) The Striking Tree (Hard) Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Hard)	Cape Westwind A Relic Reborn: The Chimera A Relic Reborn: The Hydra Battle on the Big Bridge The Dragon's Neck ??? The Bowl of Embers (Hard) The Howling Eye (Hard) The Navel (Hard) Thornmarch (Hard) The Whorleater (Hard) The Striking Tree (Hard) Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Hard) Battle in the Big Keep

The item level sync system has been reinstated in PvE encounters. Furthermore, materia bonuses will now be granted to gear whose item level is below the item level sync threshold.

* In order to maintain balance, materia bonuses will still be ignored in PvP encounters where an item level sync applies.

In order to maintain the difficulty of certain duties, item level sync has been applied to the following dungeons:

The Wanderer's Palace / Amdapor Keep / Pharos Sirius / Copperbell Mines (Hard) / Haukke Manor (Hard) / Brayflox's Longstop (Hard) / Halatali (Hard) / The Lost City of Amdapor / Hullbreaker Isle / Tam-Tara Deepcroft (Hard) / Stone Vigil (Hard)

Any gear above item level 110 will be subject to item level sync when undertaking the above duties.

* Dungeons introduced in patch 2.4 are not subject to item level sync.

New rewards have been added to treasure coffers in the following dungeons:

Sastasha (Hard) / Hullbreaker Isle

In the following dungeons, treasure coffers that appear upon defeating bosses will now yield both gear and crafting materials:

Halatali (Hard) / Brayflox's Longstop (Hard) / The Lost City of Amdapor / Hullbreaker Isle / Tam-Tara Deepcroft (Hard) / Stone Vigil (Hard) / Snowcloak / Sastasha (Hard) / The Sunken Temple of Qarn (Hard)

The amount of crafting materials received (excluding cooking ingredients) has been adjusted in the following dungeons:

Halatali (Hard) / Brayflox's Longstop (Hard) / The Lost City of Amdapor / Hullbreaker Isle / Tam-Tara Deepcroft (Hard) / Stone Vigil (Hard)


In the event that all party members are incapacitated during the following trials, players will now receive the power of the echo:

Requirement

Players are incapacitated after having battled enemies for a certain period of time.

Echo Effect:

Increased HP, attack power, and healing potency.

The effect will be granted in five stackable stages.


The Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Hard)

Each stack of the echo will raise attributes by 10% up to a maximum of 50%. Players must have battled their foe for at least three minutes in order to receive the power of the Echo.

The Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Extreme)

Each stack of the echo will raise attributes by 5% up to a maximum of 25%. Players must have battled their foe for at least three minutes in order to receive the power of the Echo.

Source: Patch 2.5 Notes (Full Release) | FINAL FANTASY XIV, The Lodestone